Upload your working version to you web space and send me the url. Make sure to do some customization so you get the opportunity to play with editing the calls to jQuery. Please send me the working URL before class on Thursday. Please send to tswallace@ualr.edu and mxkumar1@ualr.edu.
Begin looking for ways you can implement jQuery (or another library) into your final project. Identify what is it you’d like to do (image gallery, carousel, lazy load etc.) and begin researching what it takes to get it implemented.
Additional Reading and Study – Javascript 101
Read the following Article on Progressive Enhancement. Send me an email (tswallace@ualr.edu) explaining progressive enhancement in your own words. Please discuss why it is important to use progressive enhancement and include a link to another article you found and read relating to the topic. Due before class Tuesday.
Complete Getting Started with programming at Codecademy. Send me a a screenshot of the completion page. I recommend creating an account so you can save your progress and completion other modules in the future.
Work today to complete your Segway project. Make sure you remember to send me the URL no later than Thursday.
Begin work on the Segway Projects. You should have a good start on your main page template prior to class on Monday.
Create Banner image for your sample page in Fireworks. The image should be as wide as your container div and between 80px and 200px tall and less than 40kb in size. Emailed tswallace@ualr.edu before class on Tuesday. Have fun with this. You can make an image for anything. It could be a company, an event, a hobby etc. I’d like to see the following elements present in your design. Typographical Element, some sort of photographic element or vector artwork, and a consistent color scheme (Try Kuler).
Next class I’ll show you how to integrate this image into your template page properly. Please bring the file to class.
Email me the completed optimized samples of the images you created in class. Due Thursday.
Email me the completed optimized samples of the images you created in class. Due next Tuesday.
Complete the following tutorials and submit the folder icon you create in the 3rd tutorial.
You should email this icon to me before class next Thursday. Late submissions will not be accepted. I do not expect you to perfectly replicate the icon in the tutorial but I would like to see a solid effort from each of you. This is a challenging assignment so I encourage you to not wait until the night before it is due. Good Luck! If you’d like you can download a 30 day trial of Fireworks on your own computer so you can work off campus.
Complete today’s lab assignment and upload. Sent the url’s for each exercise to tswallace@ualr.edu and mxkumar1@ualr.edu, no later than next Thursday. Be prepared to discuss in class.
Read The following Article on CSS Positioning.
Read The following Article on CSS Positioning. Be prepared to discuss next week.
Read: Getting to Know CSS | Getting to know the Box Model – This is quiz material.
Be prepared to discuss this presentation in class on Tuesday.
Read: Getting to Know CSS | Getting to know the Box Model – This is quiz material.
Watch – Accessibility for the Modern Web by Derek Featherstone
Explain in your own words what web accessibility means to you & why it is important to build accessible web sites? Do some research on the topic. This is a written assignment (1-2 pages) that should be emailed to me (tswallace@ualr.edu) no later than next Tuesday.
Read: CSS Specificity & Class vs. ID – This is quiz material.
Read (Quiz Material) Introduction to HTML
HTML Reference – Code Guide | Introduction to HTML
Read (Quiz Material) Introduction to HTML
HTML Reference – Code Guide | Introduction to HTML
Create a Codepen Account and experiment with it’s features.
Read (Quiz Material) Introduction to HTML
Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a written assignment that should be emailed to me (tswallace@ualr.edu) no later than 8-30-16. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.
Setup and Account at Codepen.io. the free account is acceptable for the work we will do in class.
Additional Reading – 300 Million Dollar Button
Read: The history of the Internet and the web, and the evolution of web standards
